Charles F. Rice Scrapbooks, 1893-1912.

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Charles F. Rice Scrapbooks, 1893-1912.

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This collection consists of two scrapbooks kept by Charles F. Rice from 1893-1912. Topics in the books include national and international politicians, world's fairs and expositions, and elections. Information on elections includes newspaper articles from the Atlanta Constitution and the Atlanta Journal about local and state-wide Democratic and Republican elections from 1902-1906. Images and printed biographies of contemporary senators, judges, congressmen, , and ambassadors, as well as foreign diplomats and royalty are taken from other printed material. Also included are images of buildings from the Chicago World's Fair (also known as the World's Columbian Exposition) in 1893, and also views of the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition.

1.5 linear ft. (1 oversize box)

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8114389

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

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The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair, was organized in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s landing in America. The fairgrounds, open from May 1, 1893 until October 30, 1893, were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and covered more than 630 acres in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance. Daniel Burnham oversaw the construction of nearly 200 new buildings for the fair, most of which were designed in the Beaux-Arts style. 27 million peo...

Cotton States Exposition 1895 Atlanta, Ga.

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Rice, Charles F. 1867-1928.

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Charles F. Rice (1867-1928) was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Franklin P. and Mary (Mitchell) Rice. After graduating from the University of Georgia in 1887, Charles became a bookkeeper for the Fulton County Street Railroad Company. He later worked as Atlanta correspondent for the Macon Telegraph, and also became involved in local politics. Charles was appointed Chief Deputy City Clerk of the Atlanta City Council in 1893; served as Chief Clerk of the Court of Ordinary under Ordinary William H. Huls...